Question for Post Ops!

[Tina293 0]

I know with RNY their stomachs make some pretty strange noises and they can have some really offensive smells coming out of them. Is this true for VSG too?

[Beadingnurse 116]

No smells but I do have a gurgly, rumbly tummy at times! Totally worth it. It can play a Brahms lullaby for all I care as long as I continue to lose weight!!

[pcos_chick 23]

No smells....

Remember that for the most part our digestive process is NOT changing. Part of the reason RNY folks struggle with gas issues is that they lose a tract of intestine where a lot of absorption and digestion takes place. Without that track food matter moves along undigested causing gas issues.

[Dawn 16]

No smells but a SUPER talkative Tummy since surgery!!!

[hopeandfaith 6]

Same as everyone else...NO SMELLS...but I do burp a lot!! SO SO SO WORTH it!!! It's just a little gas and it will pass!! LOL

[SouthernSleever 228]

No smells but my tummy likes to talk.

[Tiffykins 673]

My gas post-op is no different than the gas I experienced pre-VSG. My stomach also never makes funky noises, and I don't really recall it making horrible, embarrassing noises either. It's been nearly 2 years so it's kind of hard to remember if my stomach made noises the first few weeks. I can tell you that any gas I experience now is directly related to the type of foods I eat. Broccoli is still a gassy food for me. If I carb load during a meal, I get gassy, but it's no more foul smelling than it was before VSG.

[Candace2314 117]

This may be weird but I think my gas smells way better than it did before surgery lol. Idk if it's because of the change in foods that I eat or what. I burp alot as well. I had hiccups for the first time surgery a couple weeks ago and that was weird and hurt.

[BajaMedGroup 6]

The 'burping' and the stomach 'rumbles' are completely normal. They are part of the adaptation the body is going through after the surgery.